Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua: A Phantom or a Reality?

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Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua: A Phantom or a Reality?

Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua: A Phantom or a Reality? In early April, police officers in Oruro, eastern Bolivia, received a tip that a group of men were going to pick up weapons and ammunition from a home in the city. They stopped four Venezuelans, one of them a minor, armed with guns and grenades. The group threatened the officers, warning them they were members of Tren de Aragua – a notorious Venezuelan criminal group that has swept across Sout…